About Nina Stibbe
Nina left Leicestershire for London as a teenager and after two years as a nanny she studied Humanities at Thames Polytechnic.
After graduating in 1987, she worked for a while in a Camden frock shop.
In 1990 she began a career in book publishing, working in various departments before becoming a commissioning editor at Routledge.
In 2002 she moved to Cornwall with her partner and children where she now writes, swims and makes bread.
Nina on Social
The first award of the night for Author of the Year (sponsored by @Montegrappa1912) goes to… @MarianKeyes! Described by our judges as ‘one of the most successful authors ever in any genre, an expert storyteller’ @PenguinUKBooks #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies ✒️📚🏆 https://t.co/eIaRtYalDJ 37 Retweets
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@Sathnam @MeadOlivia @VikingBooksUK @PenguinUKBooks @jealnicola Congratulations, Sathnam, hugely deserved 🏆 4 Likes
Drank too much, cried during my speech, but who cares. It’s not every day that a boy who couldn’t speak English when he started school wins a Book of the Year award. Thanks to my readers and @MeadOlivia @VikingBooksUK @PenguinUKBooks… 276 Retweets
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📺 Congratulations @dollyalderton this looks glorious! https://t.co/WXZDYrZdBE 4 Likes
Australia election: conservative government voted out after nearly a decade https://t.co/GRFqESAbKP 253 Retweets
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@IanEWebster @BonnieGarmus @alisonbarrow Knowing you were longing to rescue… hearing about your search and watching you fall in love with Ms Jilly C (as I think of her) has been an utter joy, Ian. Happy 🐶Anniversary 💘 1 Likes
‘Because how a dog smells is secondary to how a dog feels’
If you loved Six-Thirty 🐶 in #LessonsInChemistry by @BonnieGarmus you’ll love this wonderful piece @goodhousemag @alisonbarrow https://t.co/pDjpb2KOzq 7 Likes
If you loved Six-Thirty 🐶 in #LessonsInChemistry by @BonnieGarmus you’ll love this wonderful piece @goodhousemag @alisonbarrow https://t.co/pDjpb2KOzq 7 Likes
@BonnieGarmus @alisonbarrow @PenguinUKBooks I’m so thrilled by this. Thank you.
So happy that we have joint book events to look forward to! x 2 Likes
So happy that we have joint book events to look forward to! x 2 Likes
@BonnieGarmus @alisonbarrow @Dauntbooks @LissaKEvans @PenguinUKBooks 🙏 BONNIE! I’m now REreading Lessons in Chemistry via 🎧..
It’s spectacularly well-narrated. 6:30 in particular. 🐶 💣 💕 5 Likes
It’s spectacularly well-narrated. 6:30 in particular. 🐶 💣 💕 5 Likes
Daunt Books Festival 19&20 May
A few tickets left to hear the wonderfully funny @ninastibbe chatting to @LissaKEvans tomorrow 5.30pm about her new book One Day I Will Astonish the World. It will be a warm, joyous hug of a… 2 Retweets
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A few tickets left to hear the wonderfully funny @ninastibbe chatting to @LissaKEvans tomorrow 5.30pm about her new book One Day I Will Astonish the World. It will be a warm, joyous hug of a… 2 Retweets

📣Thrilled to be appearing at this year’s #CharlestonFestival* Join @KitdeWaal @CatRentzenbrink & me @charlestontrust 25 May for a very special event.
*10 days of art, ideas & culture 19-29 May. Full programme➡️ https://t.co/9jVWrCmIJ7 https://t.co/4wloDdbsrt 8 Likes 5 Retweets
*10 days of art, ideas & culture 19-29 May. Full programme➡️ https://t.co/9jVWrCmIJ7 https://t.co/4wloDdbsrt 8 Likes 5 Retweets
Everything you (don’t) need to know about the #WagathaChristie trial. Thank you @HelenRumbelow https://t.co/jOlLfNUz2y 4 Likes 1 Retweets
Nina's Blog
The good nanny
My book Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life is the letters I wrote to my sister when I was a live-in nanny to two boys in the…
Read MoreGoing home for Xmas
First published in Psychologies, January 2014 Until I had children of my own I almost always went home for Xmas to my mum and step-dad’s house…
Read MoreAlmost famous
First published in The Sunday Times, 10th Nov 2013 When I left Leicestershire in the 1980s, to become a nanny in London, the thing that most…
Read MoreNot in front of the children
An edited version of this article was published in The Guardian, 10 November 2013 ‘We’ll have to stop swearing soon’, I said to my friend a few…
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